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William Tell- grooooan! Great!
"Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
Anyone remember if this quote is from John Donne? "Meditation 17"? No cheating by using the google- haha. Let's see if we still can work our retrieval brain cells.
Frankly, as maybe you can tell, I've given up on retrieving correct English spellings!
Es mucho mas facil el deletrear en espanol!
Replies to "William Tell- grooooan! Great! "Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." Anyone..."
I like the Latin:
"Proxima es no fumero".
My loose version:
"Close but no cigar".
....ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee
as an aside from the joke (funny),
as not having a very good education, basic, I dont know of a lot of famous quotes etc.,but this one, really hit home: .... it does mean, doesnt it, that whatever befalls others can/will/might happen to all of us? e.g. illness?
in any case, very nice play on words! 🙂
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Yes, John Donne. And it may be easier in Spanish but certainly not in Cherokee! (I only know a few phrases, LOL)